John Wright (Montgomery County, VA)
Dear List Members,
I am happy to report that the following work has now been printed:
Sorting Some Of The Wrights Of Southern Virginia, Part I, Supplement No. 1: John Wright (Montgomery County), His Wife Mary (_____) Wright, And His Descendants.
This work covers John Wright who died after May 30, 1844 probably in Pulaski County, Virginia, in a part that had been taken from Montgomery County, Virginia, where John and his family had lived most of their life.This John Wright was a son of 1815 Joseph Wright of Bedford County, VA, and a grandson of 1763 Thomas Wright of Bedford County, VA.His children included the following:
1. Probably John Wright,
2. 1850 Perrien Wright of Lawrence County, TN, who married Mary Ann (Horton) Wright,
3. Probably Phereby (Wright) Smith, who married Henry Smith,
4. Smith Wright (Montgomery County, VA), who married Rebecca (Barnett or Barrett) Wright,
5. Nancy (Wright) Mullin, who married William G. Mullin,
6. Probably Surfrances G. or D. Wright,
7. 1856 Joseph Wright of Roanoke County, VA, who married Mary (McGowan) Wright,
8. Probably Sharlotte or Charlotte (Wright) Lewis, who married Moses Lewis,
9. _____ Wright,
10. _____ Wright,
11. 1856 Lorenzo Dow Wright of Hendricks County, IN, who married Margaret (Brockman) Wright,
12. _____ Wright,
13. _____ Wright, and
14. Probably 1855 James Wright of Roanoke County, VA, who married Mary P. (Doran) Wright.
The text is approximately 2900 pages and covers five generations down from John wright and the descendants chart is approximately 600 pages and covers 7 generations down from John.
Hard bound copies and/or CDs will be available in the following libraries in the near future:
Allen County Public Library
900 Webster Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Amherst County Museum
154 South Main Street
Amherst, Virginia 24521-0741
Bedford City/County Museum
201 East Main Street
Bedford, Virginia 24523
California Genealogical Society
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 100
Oakland, California 94612-2154
Dallas Public Library
1515 Young Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
Family History Library
35 North West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
Franklin County Historical Society
Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151
Jones Memorial Library
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
Kentucky Historical Society
100 W. Broadway
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Library of Congress
10 First Street, SE
Washington, D.C. 20540
Library of Virginia Foundation
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-1905
Los Angeles Public Library
630 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Mary Ball Washington Library
Lancaster, Virginia 22503
Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Nabb Research Center
1101 Camden Avenue
Salisbury, Maryland 21801
National Genealogical Society
c/o The St. Louis County Library
1640 South Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63131-3598
NSDAR Library
1776 D Street
Washington, D.C. 20006
Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
The New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007
State Library of North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4647
Roanoke Public Library
706 S. Jefferson Street
Roanoke, Virginia 24011
Seattle Genealogical Society
6200 Sand Point Way N.E. #101
Seattle, Washington 98115-0329
South Carolina Department of Archives And History
8301 Parkdale Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29223
Sutro Library
480 Winston Drive
San Francisco, CA 94132
Tennessee State Library and Archives
State Library and Archives Building
403 Seventh Avenue, North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312
University of Virginia
Alderman Library
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Virginia Beach Public Library
4100 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
Virginia Genealogical Society
5001 West Broad Street, Suite 115
Richmond, Virginia 23230-3023
Virginia Historical Society
428 North Boulevard
Richmond, Virginia 23211-0311
The VA-NC-Piedmont Genealogical Society
Danville, Virginia 24541
West Virginia Archives & History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0300
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
816 State Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1482
Researchers interested in purchasing a personal copy in the form of a CD may do so by contacting me directly.
Best wishes,
Robert N. Grant
15 Campo Bello Court
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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